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The band Gong was founded in 1966. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in Paris. Generally, music journalists would define Gong’s style within the genre/s of progressive rock, and other rock music.
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Soft Machine
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Steve Hillage
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Caravan
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Hatfield And The North
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Matching Mole
Matching Mole were an English progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury scene. Robert Wyatt formed the band in October 1971 after he left Soft Machine and recorded his first solo album The End of an Ear (4 December 1970). He continued his role on vo... [wikipedia]
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National Health
National Health were an English progressive rock band associated with the Canterbury scene. Founded in 1975, the band featured members of keyboardist Dave Stewart's band Hatfield and the North and Alan Gowen's band Gilgamesh, including guitarists Phil Miller a... [wikipedia]
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Daevid Allen
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Henry Cow
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Van Der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success in the UK, but be... [wikipedia]
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Magma
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. In the course of their firs... [wikipedia]
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Hawkwind
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Egg
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Gentle Giant
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Robert Wyatt
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Amon Düül Ii
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Nektar
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Gong genre is not easily defined. Music magazines and journalists have different opinions on a clearly defined genre for Gong. However, many describe the style within the genre/s of progressive rock, and other rock music.